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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19
DeadIier Than Greek Fire.

The navy department has contracted
| with the Pneumatic Dynamite Gun com
peny, of New York, for the construction
| OF a dynamite steel cruiser, to be complet-
| ed by June /. If this vessel is all that is
claimed for it, then the harbor Of New
| York will be safe from any foreign fleet.
The work on this vessel will be fastened
on account Of possible complications be-
tween this country and England. Con
| gress authorized the completion Of this
vessel last year, but very little has been
said about it. and the fact that the depart
ment has completed the arrangements for
its building is not generally known.
The vessel is to carry three dynamite
guns, each capable Of throwing with accu-
racy 200 pounds of dynamite a distance Of
one mile. The contract provides that each
gun shall be capable of being discharged
once in two minutes. These are to be
guns of ten and one-half inchcalibre. The
company has promised to make them
twelve inches. If the gun are made of
that capacity they will be capable of
throwing 400 pounds of dynamite, which
would be sufficient to blow up the largest
vessel known to any modern navy. The
contract specifies that the vessel shall have
a capacity of twenty knots al hour, which
means twenty-three miles Of speed. There
are very few vessels Of great capacity ca
pable Of making any such speed. None
Of the heavy armored vessels Of modern
times will be capable of running away
from this new cruiser. She is to be $50
feet long, 26 feet breadth Of beam, with
~ feet draught, and 5000 horse power.
The government contracts to pay for her
s350,O00. The company has given bonds
to carry out this contract. If the vessel
does not reach the speed named she will
not be accepted. The contract also spec
ises that these guns are to be fred with
safety and accuracy at objects n mile
distance as another condition of accept
ance. The company is confident it will be
able to fulfill the rigid letter of the con-
tract. The plan Of the boat has been ia
vorably reported O by a naval board, and
by the secretary of the navy. Although
the contract was made with the Pneumatic
Dynamite Gun company, the boat will be
constructed by the Cramps, Of Philadel-
phia. Naval officers think this vessel will
revolutionize the naval systems of the
world. If the experiment of her con
.struction is successful, modern navies will
he rendered useless. A few such vessels
would protect our coast against the com
bined navies CT the world.-IRdustrSa5
World.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19
Conscientious at Last.

Five years ago last july Mrs. Bell, wife
of Major J. NJ. Bell, Seventh cavalry, had
all her iewelry stolen. Her husband, then
stationed at Fort Buford, followed the
suspected thief to St. Paul, but lost track
of him. Last May a friend of Major Bell
gave him a new clue by saying that he had
received a letter from the supposed thief,
asking if the person would be prosecuted
if the iewelry was returned. This was
followed by another letter saying that the
missing jewelry could be found in a tin
can in a stone pile about f1fty-nine miles
from Fort Buford, the location Of which
was accurately described. With little
faith in the reliability Of the information
Major Bell recently visited the stone pile
and found the jewelry in perfect condition
having remained in the stone pile five and
one-half years.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19
Daylight Through Another Tunnel.

Nj. W. II. Green, the railroad contrac-
for. is in from the scene of his work on
the Helena, Boulder Valley 4 Butte rail
road. Seen by a HsraM reporter he said
the road to Boulder was in a bad shape fer
wagoning, but that the thaw did not inter
fere with railroad work. Green & Bar
bour have the contract for seventeen miles
of this road from Jefferson to BOULDER and
have a few miles of it already completed,
it'll lots Of work on rock cuts and tun-
nels in an advanced stage. On Thursday
last, daylight was let through II OF the
tunnels. a $50 foot bore through the noun
tain at Bavertown. This is the first u n
mel finished on this road, but there are two
more in course Of construction. -He1uld.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19
True Gentleman.

But the true gentleman nowhere shows
his superiority to other men more striking
" than in his behavior toward those who
have given him cause for otfense. There
is solid truth in the quaint old Scotch
proyerb: Its aye guide 10 be c@eeyil, as
the auld wife said when She beckit to the
deevil." Ii society, to treat with marked
GOODNESS those whom we do not like is dis
respect to all present.-Geprge L. carey.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19

Bills have been introduced simultane-
ously in the legislatures Of Missouri and
Wisconsin looking to the compilation and
publication by the state of a uniform sys-
TEN Of public school textbooks, and the
Wisconsin bill provides that the state-pris-
on convicts do the printing.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19
Silver Dollar Coinage.

The circulation of standard silver dol
lars is now 51.214.510 out of a total coin
9 of 256,4.1 .641. Silver certificates in
circulation amount Si23,290,so deduct
ing which leaves 25,966,.f5 standard dol
lars in the treasury.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19
Cotton Statistics.

The cotton crop last year was G~,5zo,215
bales, an amount only twice before sur
passed, in 1881 and 1888. The largest crop
ever raised with slave labor was i'll 1860,
4,669,77O bales. The bale is 4.5 pounds
and the average product 100 pounds per
acre.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19

While the thermometer stood ten de
erees below zero in Nebraska last week,
the Baptists of Red Willow cut through
ice two feet thick and immersed a number
of converts.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19
Wool Product.

In 1884 the total wool product of the
United States was reconed at ~320,o0o,oo0
pounds, besides which 7s,35o,62l pounds
were imported. The demand for home
consumption is now considerably over
10000 900 pounds per annum.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19

Philadelphia is to have a colored Catho-
lie church. There are two hundred Cath
olics in the city, and but very few of them
find it advantageous to worship with their
white brethren. Archbishop Ryan is
strongly il favor Of the new movement, it
is said.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19
GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE.
Telegraph MiIage.

Last year we had in operation in this
country 10000 miles Of telegraph. Russia
had $4,000; France 10000; Germany So,
900. and England $4,000
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19

Gold is shipped across the ~oceanin kegs
Of extra strength holding $500 each. There
are lines of red tape, sealed, across each
end.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19

Out of a list Of seventeen bachelors at
Keystone, D. T., who three years ago re-
solved never to marry, eleven are now
mgrriev and two are Q to be.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19

An Ohio farmer has written to the au-
thorities at Castle Garden applying for a
farm boy. He wishes him to be first taken
TO a prenologist and have his head felt.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19
Printing Material! for Sale.

One good 7.coIumn Washington hand
press, one eight-medium Paragon jobber,
a quantity Of body type, etc.
TRIBUNE COMPANY,
If Great Falls,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19

Borneo has come into the field Of tobac-
co growing competitors. A recent ship
ment which arrived in London from that
colony found ready sale, and was pro
nounced to be equal in all respects to the
valuable cigar tobacco produced in the
neighboring Islands of Sumatra.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19

A birds head dinner party was a unique
entertainment in Paris. Each guest had a
couture representing the head of a bird,
an owl, turtle dove, and other birds. The
most elegant was that of a peacock, with
crest, represented by an aigrette in dia-
monds, emeralds, and sapphires.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19
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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19
Wants a Husband.

Mrs. M. E. Warden, post Office box Il
4e5, San Francisco, CAL, wants a husband
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-24
LIGHTNING LINES.
Preparing for the Chicago
Derby Tomorrow.
NOTED HORSES TO BE THERE.
British Bits-Getting sense-CoercIon
Demanded-A Denial-The Gar
Explosion-Etc.
Chicago's Derby.

CHICAGO, June 23.-Saturday will be
Chicago's derby day at Washington
Park, and the roll of honor is already
adorned with the names of Modesty
Tolante and Silver Cloud, and will soon
have another added.
The burning question of the hour is
whether California, for the third time
in succession, will carry the rich prizes
or not. Looking at recent performances
of Miss Ford and adding thereto the
formidable reputation of Goliah, G. 81.
Todd and Safe Ban, it is hard to see
how California can lose the race. The
derby is likely to be con tested for by
the Duke of Bourbon, Carey, Unite,
Clarion, Terra Gotta, Fenelon.
Libretto, White Nose, Montrose, @. 81.
Todd, Jim Gore, Procrastinator, Goliah,
Miss Ford, Wary and Safe Ban. These
have received special preparation for
this race alone. Of the lot the Duke of
Bourbon, Procrastinator and White
Nose have no winning credentials this
year sufficient to entitle them to con-
but each of the others has at
one time or another done something TO
justify the opinion that a chance exists
for their winning the race. Miss Ford
and Goliah seem favorites.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-24
British Bits.

LONDON, June %. - The Prince OF
Wales, with the Kings of Greece, Den
mark, Belgium and Saxony, the Crown
Prince of Germany and several other
princes, and Lord Wolseley and the
Duke of Cambridge, reviewed $4,000
troops at Aldershot to-day.
a hastily summoned cabinet meeting
was held to-day to consider the hitch
in regard to the Anglo-Turkish conven-
ton in reference TO Egypt. Govern =
ment is irritated at the opposition to
the convention on the part of France
and Russia.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-24

SHIL0H'S CURE will immediateIv
feileve Croop, WhoopIng Cough and
6ronenitis. For sale at 4. G. Smith 4
Co.'s Drug Store. "A
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-24
Getting Sense.

New YORK, June 23.-Silver chasers,
who have been on strike nearly three
months, are forsaking the Knights of
Labor, and having been backed by
employers on condition of their renun-
citation of allegiance to trades unions,
all are expected to be at work in few
days.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-24
Coercion Denounced.

DUBLIN, June 23.-The annual meet
ing of the Catholic archbishops and
bishops was held at Maynooth College
to-day. Archbishop Walsh presided.
A resolution was passed denouncing the
coercion measure before Parliament.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-24
Brace Up.

You are feeling depressed. your appe-
ute is poor, you are bothered with
Headache, you are fdgetty, nervous,
and generally out Of Sorts, and want to
brace up. Brace up, but not with slim
ulants, spring medicines, Or bitters,
which have for their basis very cheap.
pad whisky, and which stimulate you
Tor an hour, and then leave you in a
worse condition than before. What Won
want IS an Alternative that will purify
your blood, start healthy action of
Liver, Kidneys, restore your vitality,
ana give renewed health and strength.
SCch medicine you will find in Elec-
tric Buffers: and only 60 cents bottle
at 2. c. N. 1. Drug Store. 8
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-24

ST. PETERSBURG, June 23.-It is nearly
certain that the Gar and Czsrina will
before long visit Copenhagen, and from
there the Gar will go to meet Emperor
William and perhaps Emperor Francis
Joseph, of Austria.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-24
Seized by Conspirators.

BELGRADE, June PA report has
been received here from Bulgaria that
NJ. Strambelof one of the regents, and
NJ. ZiYkofy;pFesiaent of the Sobrahie.
have been seized by conspirators. The
rumor is not authenticated.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-24
The Manchester Fire.

MANCHESTER, June 23.-The fire
caused by the explosion has been over
come. Great damage was done to the
Pomona Palace, and many other build
ings, to which the flames spread. a
fireman and girl were killed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-24
A Denial.

PARIS. June 23.-The Journal des De
bats denies that the French and Rus
sian ambassadors at Constantinople,
sent note to the Porte threatening
that, war would result il the Egyptian
convention were ratified.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-24
The Sad News Confirmsd

LOUISVILLE, KY, June 23.-The re-
port of the killing of three ToIliyers
and Harvey Cooper in Rowan County is
confirmed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-24
EXPLOSIVES.

WILKEsBABRE, Pa, June 23.-An ex-
plosion in the mine of the Susquehanna
Coal Company, this morning, killed four
men and injured three others, probably
fatally.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-24
New Bishop.

LONDON, June 23.-Rev. John w.
Bsrdsley, arch-deacon of the diocese of
Liverpool, has been appointed bishop of
Solder and Man.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-24
Jury Disagreed.

SPRINGFIELD, No., June 23.-The
Cora Lee jury disagreed and was dis
charged.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-06-11
BrOadbrimS New York Letter.
Special to the CARBoN ADVOCATE.

Special to the Carbon ADVOCATE.
In the very heart of the city, right among
the homes where Cresus swings his mil
lions, not riie-shet from the most famous
hotels on Manhattan Island, surrounded
by the swellest of swell clubs, is a plague
spot where Lais, Aspasia and Phryne drive
their trade, and here, too, are the most
famous of these gilded bells for which our
city is famous. The tired tourist who has
exhausted the pleasures of Paris and Mon
AGO, can here find solace and amusement;
for in Captain Williams precinct these for
bidden pleasures thrive and flourish under
the protection of the law.
Captain Williams, in whose precinct this
plague spot is, few years ago was poor
man; unless common report does him great
Injustice, he is a poor man no longer.
Aside from his salary, he has a respectable
private income which is imperfectly justi-
fled by the receipts Of his office. His prop
erty is said to be worth over 500, 600, and
people naturally ask how these fortunes
can be accumulated in few years from
Police Captains salary. Captain Williams
is sharp mana man whom criminals do
not like TO run against. A few have tried
TO brave his power, but they have always
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-06-11

AT a meeting of the Savannah, (Ga. J
Typographical Union, held recently, strong
resolutions were passed declaring that the
privilege of the press to free and full ex-
pressien of opinion upon all matters of dai-
ly concern should be unquestioned, ,untram
meled, and that any attempt of labor OF
ganizatiOns to interfere with the business
Of any newspaper for the exercise of this
privilege should be condemned and GEN.
sured." II is pleasing to note this action
on the part of labor unions as it will lead
10 more free and open discussion of the
interests of the laboring classes by all
newspapers. Following close upon the
above announcement comes the informa-
ton that Cardinal Gibbons will forbid all
Catholic members Of the Knights of Labor
organization participating in boycotts OF
ihfringements of any kind upon the rights
Of citizens. There can be no doubt but
what the above measures if closely followed
out will result in much real and substantial
benefit to all classes of laborers. Let the
good work go ont
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-06-11

CHIEF JUSTICE ULYSSES MERcuR. L.
L, d, of the Supreme Court of Pcnnsyl-
yania, died at his home in Wallingford
Monday, after a short illness, aged sixty
nine years. Ulysses Mercur was born in
Towanda, Bradford county, August 1s,
1918. His boyhood was passed as is the
life of most country boys-in the summer
working upon his fathers farm and attend
ing school during the winter months. BY
assidious attention to his books he was en-
abled to secure first-class education which
fitted him for the duties of long and use
full career. He occupied a number of pub
lie offices of more or Hess importance, with
great credit to himself and large constitu-
ency
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-06-11

hundred dollars were collected for the BEN
eflt'of The sick man and his family, and o.
Donovan Rosa is now accused of putting
a good share off in his own pocket-at
any rate the beneficiary never got it, al.
though the wife Of the sick man with her
starving baby in her arms appeals to him
for money AS hong as O'DonoYan could
draw on ignorant servant girls to swell the
dynamite fund he had a good time, but
siisce the Fenian Brotherhood haYc kicked
him out he looks rather seedy, and it now
looks as though he might be reduced to the
patriots last dire alternatives: Open a sa~
loon, 60 TO work, or die.
Decoration Day opened gloriously. J ne
air was deliciously cool--just such an at
mosphere as made the old soldiers feel like
marching, and they spwug to the quick
stepRs they did in 1861, when they went
out to battle for the Union. In New York
and Brooklyn the display exceeded any
Memorial celebration of former years. AS
the ranks thin out It seems as II the ardor
Of the people increases, and there is a gem
eral disposition on the part Of every one to
make Decoration Day the sacred holiday of
the year. -
The presence of General Sherman, Gen
eral Doubleday, with a number of other
distiigdished soldiers, and the Governor
of the State and his staff, added greatly to
the interest Of the occasion. 1t only seems
like the other day since Generals Grant.
Mcclellan, Hancock and Logan were all
here to take part in the celebration. Their
places are vacant now, and the ranks Of
the old veterans are thinning fast In the
line were many OF the old tattered battle
flags, the sight of which Stirred the hearts
of thousands along the way to the widest
enthusiasm. All day Sunday aha the fol-
lowing Monday, thousands UPON thousands
nadea sacred pilgrimage to Greenwood to
decorate the graves OF our honSfed dead.
Greenwood never looked so lovely. Death
is robbed of all its terrors in such beauti-
full and quiet resting-place. Among the
soldiers who sleep there, all did not fight
on the Union side. In the dells and on
the hill-sides are numerous graves of the
Confederate dead. Not one was forgotten
on Monday last. Pious and leving hands
performed SISTERS and mothers part in
strewing their graves with flowers In
looking over the graves Of these Confeder-
ate ceadr the saddest portion of the record
was their age-elghteen, nineteen and
twenty; the oldest saw was Only twenty
six. The lesson Of the day sank deep into
all hearts, roofing deep the love OF the
Union which was purchased at such ter.
rible sacrifice.
BROADBRTM.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-06-11

THE New York Star has undertaken
very laudable project, that of raising the
necessary s125,000 needed to complete the
Grant monument fund. The Star has the
best wishes of a patriotic country for sue
cess in its undertaking. 1t is pleasing to
note that many prominent southerners are
contributing generously to the fund this
action on their part conclusively proves
that the last shadow of southeran hatred
has died out. With no south, no north, no
east, no west America is destined for fu-
ture beyond the comp: ehensions of the
wisest calculators.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-06-11
THROUGH THE rol1r1oAI HOROSCOPE.


Matters Of a political nature seem TO hold
the public mind most firmly at this time,
and although the nominating conventions
Of the two great parties are several months
off the possibilities of the aspiring candi-
dates are enthusiastically discussed by their
friends and followers, Some weeks ago we
reviewed the political aspect Of Carbon
county by presentation or an enumeration
of the names of aspiring gentlemen, desir-
ous of holding county Offices. Since that
time W. +. Brodhead, of Parkertou, an
earnest, hardworking Democrat, as well as
an intelligent and trustworthy gentleman,
CARBON ADVOCATE that circumstances
prevented him from being candidate Cor
that Office, this action on the part of Mr..
Brodhead leaves the field open to DIR. j. g.
Kreamer, of Lower Towamensing, whose
name we have heard prominently mem
toned in connection with that Office. The
doctor would undoubtedly make capable
and efficient official, fulfilling the dutles
connected with the Office, with credit to
himself and to the full satisfaction of the
people. He is well and fayorebly known
Throughout the county having been sent to
the Legislature few years ago by hand
some majority. The Democracy will do
well to consider the DOCTORS candidacy.
For Register and Recorder the condition
Of affairs seem to remain unchanged
Handwerk is undoubtedly the favorte with
Republicans at this end of the county, while
his popularity in the upper end insures him
q renominatien, providing, of course, that
he wants it. Ex-Sheriff Lentz, of Mauch
Chunk, Francis McHugh, of Summit; Hill
and Joseph DeFrehn, Of this borough, are
all Democrats of .well-knowR ability and
integrity. The latter gentleman Is well
known throughout the county and II nom
mated and elected would undoubtedly fill
the office with much credit. However, in
dications lead us to the belief that Mr..
Lentz will be the Democratic nominee,
from the fact that he is we'll and popularity
known in all sections of the county, not
only as an earnest, hard-working Demo-
crat, but also, as an honest and efficient
official.
For County. Commissioner there does not
/ at this time, seem to-be an over supply.
John Arner, of Weisspert, the present in
cumbent will, we understand, be candi,
date for denomination while Tilghman
Steigerwalt, of East Penn, finds much fay
or with Democrats all over the county, On
the Republican side of the house we have,
as yet, heard no names mentioned in con-
nection with this latter office.
AS there is lots of time, we presume that
more win follow laterl
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-06-11

AMONG other memorable institutions
which that wonderful man, BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN, assisted in founding, was the
franklin College in Lancaster, just one
Hundred years ago this month. The alumni
and students of this college, now known as
the Franklin and Marshall College, will
celebrate this centennial June 1916. 1t
will be most interesting occasion, and the
gathering of distinguished alumni, and
such speakers as the Hem John Cessna,
Ex-Goy. Hartranft, Ex-Congressman
Stenger, Samuel J. Randall, Gov. Beaver
and others, will insure such celebration
as the venerable institution deserves.